Loose-leaf binder



Oct. 26 1926.

' L. PLATT LOOSE LEAF BINDER Filed July 22,

Patented Oct. 26, 1926.

GRACE L. PLATED, 0F HAMBURG, NEW

LOOSE-LEAF BINDER.

Application filed July 22,1325. Serial No. 45,343.

This invention relates to a binder of the loose leaf type and one object of the invention is to produce a binder which is so constructed that wedding invitations,souvenir programs, and the like ma be readily placed in the binder and kept in a flat condition so that they will not become bent or cracked.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the binder that articles placed therein may be held against accidental displacement but may be readily removed therefrom when desired.

Another objeot of the invention is to pro vide a binder in which portions of the strips which serve to retain the binder in a closed position carry means for engaging the 111- vitations and retaining them within the binder.

In the accompanying drawlngs, Figure 1 1s a view showing the blnder in an opened position with an invitation mounted therein.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional View through the binder in a closed position and Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the manner of attaching the invitation engaging elements to the upper and lower strips which carry the same.

Referring to the accompanying drawings it will be seen that the binder is provided with a body portion which is indicated in general by the numeral 1 and is formed from a rectangular piece of material which may be soft leather 01' any suitable fabric, This piece of flexible material 1 is provided intermediate its length and adjacent its upper and lower edges with slits 2 which are of a suitable length to permit the strips 3 to be passed through these slits. The strips 3 which will preferably be formed from the same kind of material from which the bod is formed are passed outwardly through the slits 2 and extend along the outer faces of the end portions 4 and 5 of the body. The end portions of the strips are sewed to the outer faces of the end portions 4 and 5 which latter constitute the front and back of the binder when closed. As shown in Figure 2 the strips 3 are of end portions 6 will 5 a sufficient distance to be folded into overlapping relation to the front 4 of the binder when the binder is closed. (lo-operating fasteners 7 and 8 are carried by the end portions of the strips 3 and are illustrated as such length that their extend beyond the back snap fasteners which may be pressed into engagement with each other and serveto securely but reinovably retain the binder in a closed position. ,T he intermediate portions of the strips 3 which, extend between the slits. 2 acrossthe inner faces of the back of body 1 are not sewed to the body and there fore the threads 9 which serve to engagethe invitations may be readily put in place. These threads are connected with the strips ,3 as shown in Figure 3 and referring to this figure it will be seen that each thread has its upper and lower ends passed through the intermediate portions of the strips 3 and knotted as shown at 10 so that it will be firmly secured to the strips. A facing sheet 11 which may be formed of any suitable material but will preferably be formed of art paper is pasted or otherwise secured against the inner faces of the front and back portions 4 and 5 so that the invitations will be prevented from becoming soiled contact with the soft leather or other material from which the body portion 1 is formed.

When the binder is in use and it is desired to place an invitationtherein the fasteners 8 will be released from the fasteners 7 by drawing the overlapped end portions 6 of the strips 3 away from the front 4. The binder can then be swung to the open position shown in Figure 1 and it is merely necessary to slide the invitation into place so that one of the threads 9 will pass between the leaves of the invitation as shown in Figure 2 in order to removably hold the invitation in place. When so engaged the invitation cannot slip out of place if the binder is opened but if it is desired to remove one of the invitations this can be very easily done. After an invitation has been placed in the binder the binder can be again closed and secured by the extended ends of the strips 3. The binder will thus serve to protect the invitations placed therein and prevent them from becoming lost or soiled. It will, of course, be understood that a number of invitations may be placed in one binder and that the binder may be designed to carry any desired number of invitations, it being merely necessary to provide one of the threads 9 for each invitation which it is desired to have the binder carry. 7

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

In a loose leaf binder, a body comprising a sheet of pliable material formed intermedisheets ofvpliable material secured upon the inner face of the body-for1ning sheet With their inner end edges adjacent said slots and their outer end edges and upper and lower edges spaced from the marginal edges of said body-forming sheet, strips of pliable 7 material extending between the slots of said sets and outwardly through the slots With their end portions extending across the outer faces of the end portions of said body-forming sheet and secured thereon and extending beyond one end of the body-forming sheet, cooperating fasteners at the ends of said strips adapted to releasably connect the same and retain the body folded, and strands extending between the intermediate portions of said strips with their ends overlapping said strips and passed through perforations formed therein and secured, the portions of the strands between saidstrips being adapted to be engaged by folded sheets and removably' retain the sheets in the binder.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GRACE L. PLATT. [n.s] 

